[PATCH v4 1/2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: add TUF keyboard RGB readback support

From: Bartu Alev

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 19:53:11 EST


The TUF keyboard RGB attributes kbd_rgb_mode and kbd_rgb_state are
write-only, so userspace tools keep their own copy of the lighting
configuration and lose track of it whenever the EC changes state on its
own: after a firmware reset or a boot into another operating system the
tools show a stale configuration until the user rewrites every field.

DSTS device 0x0010005B evaluates the DSDT method EC0.KBLS(), which
snapshots the EC's host-visible keyboard state into a 16-byte buffer:
lighting mode, red, green and blue levels, animation speed, and the
four power-state flags. The first byte is a constant 1 written by the
AML, which distinguishes a KBLS reply from any other object the method
could return.

Add kbd_rgb_read_status() to evaluate and validate that buffer, parse
it through a packed struct, and convert both attributes to
DEVICE_ATTR_RW. The read returns the write format with "n/a" in the
command position: the command word belongs to the write verb (apply
now or save to flash) and both verbs update the EC mirror the same
way, so there is no state to report there. The three EC speed codes
map back to the sysfs indices 0 to 2.

Readback was verified against the EC firmware: the status bytes mirror
EC RAM at 0x0B22 to 0x0B2E, and the speed codes 0xe1, 0xeb and 0xf5
select animation step thresholds of 30, 20 and 10 ticks per phase,
which matches the slow, normal and fast labels. Tested on a TUF
Gaming A15 (FA507NV).

Suggested-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartu Alev <bartualev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h | 3 ++
2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
index b33ebdb21aa2..054d1d684bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,65 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(gpu_mux_mode);
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_SLOW 0xe1
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_NORMAL 0xeb
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_FAST 0xf5
+/* TUF keyboard RGB status readback *******************************************/
+struct asus_wmi_kbd_rgb_status {
+ u8 signature;
+ u8 mode;
+ u8 red;
+ u8 green;
+ u8 blue;
+ u8 speed;
+ u8 state;
+ u8 unused[9];
+} __packed;
+
+static int kbd_rgb_read_status(struct asus_wmi_kbd_rgb_status *status)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = asus_wmi_evaluate_method_buf(ASUS_WMI_METHODID_DSTS,
+ ASUS_WMI_DEVID_TUF_RGB_READ_STATUS,
+ 0, (u8 *)status, sizeof(*status));
+ if (err)
+ return err < 0 ? err : -ENODEV;
+
+ /* The AML writes a constant 1 here; anything else is not a KBLS reply */
+ if (status->signature != 1)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t kbd_rgb_mode_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct asus_wmi_kbd_rgb_status status = {};
+ u32 speed;
+ int err;
+
+ err = kbd_rgb_read_status(&status);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ switch (status.speed) {
+ case TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_SLOW:
+ speed = 0;
+ break;
+ case TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_FAST:
+ speed = 2;
+ break;
+ case TUF_KBD_RGB_SPEED_NORMAL:
+ default:
+ speed = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* The command word belongs to the write verb, so report n/a. */
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "n/a %d %d %d %d %d\n",
+ status.mode, status.red, status.green, status.blue,
+ speed);
+}
+
static ssize_t kbd_rgb_mode_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -1114,7 +1173,7 @@ static ssize_t kbd_rgb_mode_store(struct device *dev,

return count;
}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(kbd_rgb_mode);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(kbd_rgb_mode);

static DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO(kbd_rgb_mode_index, 0444,
"cmd mode red green blue speed");
@@ -1135,6 +1194,26 @@ static const struct attribute_group kbd_rgb_mode_group = {
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_AWAKE BIT(3)
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_SLEEP BIT(5)
#define TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_SHUTDOWN BIT(7)
+static ssize_t kbd_rgb_state_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct asus_wmi_kbd_rgb_status status = {};
+ u8 state;
+ int err;
+
+ err = kbd_rgb_read_status(&status);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ state = status.state;
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "n/a %d %d %d %d\n",
+ !!(state & TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_BOOT),
+ !!(state & TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_AWAKE),
+ !!(state & TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_SLEEP),
+ !!(state & TUF_KBD_RGB_STATE_SHUTDOWN));
+}
+
static ssize_t kbd_rgb_state_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -1166,7 +1245,7 @@ static ssize_t kbd_rgb_state_store(struct device *dev,

return count;
}
-static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(kbd_rgb_state);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(kbd_rgb_state);

static DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO(kbd_rgb_state_index, 0444,
"cmd boot awake sleep shutdown");
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h b/include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h
index 66c7ab35d6c8..393fd3c5949a 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/x86/asus-wmi.h
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
/* TUF laptop RGB power/state */
#define ASUS_WMI_DEVID_TUF_RGB_CMD 0x00100057

+/* TUF laptop RGB keyboard status readback */
+#define ASUS_WMI_DEVID_TUF_RGB_READ_STATUS 0x0010005B
+
/* Bootup sound control */
#define ASUS_WMI_DEVID_BOOT_SOUND 0x00130022


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